Operations of the ConventionReview and consolidation of the decisions of the Conference of the Parties: Proposals by the Executive Secretary pursuant to Decision VI/27 b on Operations of the Convention

Report of the joint Latin America and Caribbean regional meeting on the Clearing-House Mechanism and the Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network: Building partnerships through effective networking

Thematic programmes of work: Progress reports on implementation and consideration of proposals for future actionReport of the First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Forest Biological Diversity

The international coral reef initiative (ICRI) resolutions on small island developing states and coral reefs and on cold-water coral reefs, and their relevance to the Convention on biological diversity

Cooperation with other conventions and international organizations and initiatives
Progress report on the implementation of the third joint work plan (2002-2006) of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar, Iran, 1971)

Thematic programmes of work: Progress reports on implementation and consideration of proposals for future action: Biological diversity of dry and sub-humid landsJoint work programme on the biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Thematic programmes of work: Progress reports on implementation and consideration of proposals for future action: Biological diversity of dry and sub-humid landsIntegration of needs for information on the status and trends of dry and sub-humid lands biodiversity in the context of the mandate of the Global Land Degradation Assessment of Drylands (LADA): report submitted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Thematic programmes of work: progress reports on implementation and consideration of proposals for future action: biological diversity of dry and sub-humid landsProposals prepared by UNEP-WCMC on assessing areas within dry and sub-humid lands of particular value for biological diversity and/or under particular threat

Thematic programmes of work: Progress reports on implementation and consideration of proposals for future action: Agricultural biological diversityPotential impacts of genetic use restriction technologies (GURTs) on agricultural biodiversity and agricultural production systems: report submitted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Third biodiversity in Europe Conference, Madrid, Spain, 19-21 January 2004Conclusions of the Chairman, Mr. Juan del Alamo, Secretary-General of the of the Ministry for the Environment of Spain, on the Pan-European regional meeting in preparation for the Seventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity